I love to sew, mainly quilts and bags. I am 63, married to Fred and have one son, Matthew who is 24. I enjoy embroidery and applique and prefer to machine piece and quilt my projects. I love my vintage Singer sewing machines especially my Featherweight 222K. I've recently started collecting Miniature Sewing Machines, three Essex and one Singer 20 and a Vulcan Countess. My love of sewing I believe comes from my Grandmother - I still have the drawings she made for me to embroider on tea towels many many years ago!

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Friday, 1 March 2013

NEWFO # 2

Here we are at the end of February... how did that happen? So, it's time to post about my Newfo project for February. I recently made a quilt for my Aunty (my Mum's sister) - I used up lots of floral fabrics and blender fabrics that I must have had for years! I didn't get a great photo but here are a couple my sister took when we were delivering the quilt....

I named this quilt "Jewellery Box" as my Aunty loves jewellery and the quilt block reminded me of a big jewellery box. Aunty loved the quilt and it looked lovely on her bed.

So, what is my Newfo # 2 ??? ... Aunty wants a pillow sham to match the quilt! Yes, I'm destined to only make pillowslips for my Newfo projects :-)) A pillow sham can mean many things, but I believe that Aunty wants a wrap around cover for her pillow. I will make a large rectangle using all of the leftover fabrics from the quilt, layer it up with some cotton batting and a pretty backing and stitch it all together using the method where you just leave a gap along one edge and turn the whole thing inside out. You know what I mean!! It won't be like an envelope pillowslip, this piece will just go from under the pillow and over the top.

I discovered your blog through Sew Many Ways "Fiend Friend Linking party", your creations are really beautiful, I like your style and the colors you use to create the quilts.I'm also participating in the NewFo challenge . I am a new follower here! I give you the link to my blog, if you like my projects, I invite you to follow me.http://passionetcouture.blogspot.ca/Have a happy sewing day!Marisa